Qonsole Alternatives

Qonsole is described as '"A Quake-like Console Emulator." Proudly under the MIT License' and is a terminal emulator in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Qonsole for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Qonsole alternative is PuTTY, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qonsole are Ghostty, Windows Terminal, Cmder and iTerm2.

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Cool Retro Term
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Terminal emulator which mimics the look and feel of the old cathode tube screens, designed for eye-candy with lots of graphic options.
72 Cool Retro Term alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Italy
EU
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Italy
EU
Good alternative?Is Cool Retro Term a good alternative to Qonsole?
ConsoleZ
27 likes
console - This is a modified version of Console 2 for a better experience under Windows Vista/7/8 and a better visual rendering.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
Shell
Platforms
Windows
Good alternative?Is ConsoleZ a good alternative to Qonsole?
Voktty
2 likes
Voktty is an open-source, ultra-lightweight (~8MB) terminal-first developer workspace and AI-native environment built with Tauri 2, Rust, React 19, and xterm.js WebGL. Designed as a fast, resource-friendly alternative to heavy Electron IDEs and proprietary AI terminals, Voktty...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Terminal Emulator
SSH Client
Origin
Spain
EU
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Arch Linux
Spain
EU
+1
Good alternative?Is Voktty a good alternative to Qonsole?
TotalTerminal
22 likes
A system-wide terminal accessible via a hot-key. TotalTerminal is a plugin for Terminal.app. It provides persistent Visor Window which slides down when you press a hot-key. Remember Quake Console?
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
New Zealand
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
New Zealand
Good alternative?Is TotalTerminal a good alternative to Qonsole?
superconsole
3 likes
SuperConsole is a software collection based on ConEmu, MSYS2, Mintty, Zsh, Git for Windows, grml-zsh-config, Antigen and agkozak-zsh-theme projects, customized and configured for everyday use.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Windows
Good alternative?Is superconsole a good alternative to Qonsole?
Shellngn
3 likes
Shellngn is a cloud based SSH client with SFTP and Telnet support. Manage your servers anywhere you are, with a professional and feature-rich SSH and SFTP Client.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
United Kingdom
+2
Good alternative?Is Shellngn a good alternative to Qonsole?
ddterm
2 likes
Drop down terminal extension for the Gnome desktop environment.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
Russia
Platforms
Linux
FreeBSD
Russia
Good alternative?Is ddterm a good alternative to Qonsole?
Stjerm
4 likes
Stjerm is a roll-down, quake-like terminal emulator. It's window is shown with a key shortcut. Stjerm is very minimalistic and works well with Compiz window manager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is Stjerm a good alternative to Qonsole?
Windows Quake Style Console
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Windows Quake style console wrapper (cmd wrapper), that shows at Win+~ key and allow to run inside it different programs, e.g. FAR Manager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Good alternative?Is this a good alternative to Qonsole?
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Y
YAET
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YAET is a terminal emulator built on Xterm.js and Electron. It can interpret escape sequences that allow shell scripts and other programs to write HTML content directly to the terminal, or display content from the web.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Origin
International
Platforms
npm
Node.JS
Mac
Linux
Windows
BSD
Global
Y
Good alternative?Is YAET a good alternative to Qonsole?
Windows Terminal Quake
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Companion program for the new Windows Terminal that enables Quake-style drop down and some additional features.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Windows
Good alternative?Is this a good alternative to Qonsole?
mintty-quake-console
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An AutoHotkey script that enables a quake-style terminal-on-a-hotkey for mintty.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Terminal Emulator
Platforms
Windows
mintty
Good alternative?Is mintty-quake-console a good alternative to Qonsole?